OBJECTIVE: Discussion of a rare case of angioleiomyoma of the internal auditory canal. PATIENT: Thirteen-year-old female patient with a 1-year history of progressive hearing loss. INTERVENTION: Middle cranial fossa approach providing complete surgical extirpation. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Surgical pathology. RESULTS: Radiography and history suggestive of vestibular schwannoma; pathology revealed angioleiomyoma. CONCLUSION: Angioleiomyoma is a rare lesion of the internal auditory canal that has many similar clinical and radiographic features of a vestibular schwannoma. There are no previous reports of this tumor occurring within the internal auditory canal in this age group.
OBJECTIVE: Discussion of a rare case of angioleiomyoma of the internal auditory canal. PATIENT: Thirteen-year-old female patient with a 1-year history of progressive hearing loss. INTERVENTION: Middle cranial fossa approach providing complete surgical extirpation. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Surgical pathology. RESULTS: Radiography and history suggestive of vestibular schwannoma; pathology revealed angioleiomyoma. CONCLUSION:Angioleiomyoma is a rare lesion of the internal auditory canal that has many similar clinical and radiographic features of a vestibular schwannoma. There are no previous reports of this tumor occurring within the internal auditory canal in this age group.
Authors: Jordina Rincon-Torroella; M Harrison Snyder; Deepa J Galaiya; Meaghan Morris; Jon D Weingart; C Matthew Stewart Journal: World Neurosurg Date: 2021-06-26 Impact factor: 2.210